# Error: invalid authorization specification

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/error-invalid-authorization-specification/4067>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** ecto\
**Created:** [March 9, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/error-invalid-authorization-specification/4067 "2017-03-09T23:17:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/error-invalid-authorization-specification/4067/2 "2017-03-09T23:45:28Z")

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> [@Eiji](#):
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> (invalid\_authorization\_specification): Ident authentication failed for user “postgres”

For note, `psql` might use a named pipe instead of a port, make sure you can connect to the port from the account that the server is running on.

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